First pick
Parc du Cercle des Loisirs de Cazaville
Park or garden
3.3 ha
5.0 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.06.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Anicet · parks, protected land & trails
lac Saint-Francois (Canal Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering Area begins at the edge of Saint-Anicet
6.1% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). Biggest among them: Lake Saint-François National Wildlife Area, 1,316 ha, 1.1 km off. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away.
Protected land
6.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
24
within 10 km, 7 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
36 km
Oka National Park (Québec)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Saint-Anicet stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round6.1% of the land within 10 km, more than 75% of Canadian townsParks are a drive awayThe nearest provincial park, Oka National Park (Québec), is 36 km off
Saint-Anicet’s best card is protected land around it. What it lacks is a big park within easy reach.
Against other towns
Saint-Anicet beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
Each figure against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (not city hubs or reserves), with the town marked and the typical one’s line. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km6.1%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town4.9%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas7Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Saint-Anicet has the 12th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,820 to 2,887 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Protected within 10 km
Saint-Anicet6.1%
Towns its size2.9%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Anicet7
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Anicet0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Saint-Anicet sits near the top of its size group: 11 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forestville QC | 26% | 1% | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | O'Leary PE | 25% | 4.9% | 53 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Labelle QC | 25% | 19% | 22 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Head of St Margarets Bay NS | 16% | 4.1% | 46 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part ON | 15% | 16% | 43 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | Addington Highlands ON | 8.9% | 8.2% | 37 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | South Keys ON | 8.3% | 0.1% | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Navan - Sarsfield ON | 8% | 0.3% | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Westcliffe East ON | 7.1% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Senneterre QC | 7% | 9.3% | 166 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Leeming ON | 6.6% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Saint-Anicet QC | 6.1% | 4.9% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Shaver ON | 5.6% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Michel-des-Saints QC | 5.5% | 1% | 31 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Jerome ON | 5.3% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Crerar ON | 4.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Laurier-Station QC | 3.7% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Normanview West SK | 3.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Regent Park SK | 3.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Perry ON | 2.9% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Minnedosa MB | 2.9% | 0% | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Rougemont QC | 1.5% | 1.6% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Dundonald SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Westmount SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Sicamous BC | 0.9% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | Bridgeport North ON | 0.9% | 4.2% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Bedford QC | 0.8% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Weedon QC | 0.6% | 0.4% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Athabasca AB | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Grassie MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Westbrook Estates AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Greenview AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | McKernan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Meyonohk AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Tipaskan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Harbour Grace NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 37 | Botwood NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Saint-Elzéar QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Kildare AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Overlanders AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The map
Saint-Anicet on the map: green space, protected land and paths
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
4 named parks and woods to walk in near Saint-Anicet
Parc du Cercle des Loisirs de Cazaville is the largest, at 3.3 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 7 ha in all
Parks & gardens 6.5 ha
The bulk, 75%, is Parc du Cercle des Loisirs de Cazaville and Parc Génier.
Presbytère - Calvin Presbyterian Church
Park or garden
0.8 ha
4.9 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Source: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, commons and woods with a name, in the town or within 400 m, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Sizes are the mapped outline’s.
Close to home
Few people in Saint-Anicet live near a park
Residents of each 2021 dissemination area, at a point inside it, within 400 m (about a 5-minute walk) of a park or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Within 400 m (0%)Further (100%)
Saint-Anicet0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 2,900 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Saint-Anicet, 6.1% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Saint-Anicet4.9%
Within 10 km6.1%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public bodies own 7 of the 24; land trusts and private owners hold the others. Lake Saint-François National Wildlife Area is the biggest, 1,316 ha. The figures include 17 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
lac Saint-Francois (Canal Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,275 ha · reaches Saint-Anicet
lac Saint-Francois (Saint-Anicet / Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 789 ha · reaches Saint-Anicet
lac Saint-Francois (Pointe Fraser / Pointe Leblanc) Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 88 ha · reaches Saint-Anicet
Lake Saint-François National Wildlife AreaWildlife area · 1,316 ha · 1.1 km from the edge of town
lac Saint-Francois (Pointe Beaudette) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 605 ha · 2.4 km from the edge of town
lac Saint-Francois (Saint-Zotique) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 857 ha · 4.8 km from the edge of town
Boisé-des-Muir Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 12 ha · 9.3 km from the edge of town
Source: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
National & provincial parks
36 km to Oka National Park (Québec)
National parks (Parks Canada) and provincial or territorial parks by direction and distance from the town’s edge: every one within 10 km, and the nearest of each within 100 km.
National parkProvincial park
Québec national park (provincial)
Oka National Park (Québec)
36 km north-east24 km²since 1990
No national park lies within 100 km of Saint-Anicet; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach. In Québec, a parc national is a provincial park (Sépaq), not one of Parks Canada’s.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
1 km of paths in and around Saint-Anicet
OpenStreetMap footpaths, paths, bridleways and steps, and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it; woods as mapped (landuse=forest, natural=wood).
Footpaths
1.2 km
in and around the town (205 km²)
Woodland
29%
about 59 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-AnicetTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-AnicetTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland29%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 73% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 99% of Canadian towns.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
No named walking route passes Saint-Anicet on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No walking route is mapped within 2 km of the town. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Walking season in Saint-Anicet: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (ST-Anicet, 2.1 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -4 | -3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 73 | 59 | 67 | 97 | 90 | 105 | 100 | 89 | 99 | 109 | 81 | 77 |
About 170 cm of snow falls in a year. January brings highs of -4 °C, July highs of 27 °C. Most rain and snow falls in October, 109 mm; February sees 59 mm. The climate in Saint-Anicet →
Beaches
One beach near Saint-Anicet
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage de Saint-Anicetgrass · in town
DirectionsBeach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
7 things to do outdoors near Saint-Anicet
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Coteau de la Rivière La Guerrein town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Camping Le Dauphinin town
DirectionsSlipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Anicet
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Rivière-BeaudetteSainte-BarbeGodmanchesterSaint-ZotiqueHuntingdonSouth GlengarrySaint-Anicet
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Anicet | 6.1% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| Rivière-Beaudette 12 km | 7.6% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Sainte-Barbe 12 km | 8.6% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| Godmanchester 14 km | 4.7% | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Zotique 15 km | 7.5% | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Huntingdon 17 km | 3% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| South Glengarry 17 km | 2.3% | 17 | 0 | 6 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Saint-Anicet’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Anicet
Which is the biggest protected area near Saint-Anicet?
Lake Saint-François National Wildlife Area, a wildlife area of 1,316 ha.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Saint-Anicet?
May and July to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is Saint-Anicet near a national park?
None within 100 km of Saint-Anicet.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Saint-Anicet?
It is Oka National Park (Québec), 36 km away.
Is there protected land near Saint-Anicet?
Protected areas cover 6.1% of the land within 10 km.
Is there a beach near Saint-Anicet?
Try Plage de Saint-Anicet, in town.
Sources
Sources for this page on Saint-Anicet
Protected areas: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2026: every area within 10 km and the nearest national and provincial parks, measured outline to outline.
Walking routes and beaches: OpenStreetMap, November 2026: named hiking, foot and walking route relations within 2 km and beaches within 5 km.
Towns: Statistics Canada 2021 Census boundaries and populations; the comparison is the Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, not city hubs or reserves.
When to go: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, from the nearest station that publishes them.
Green space, paths, woods, things to do: OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik’s Canada extract), November 2026: parks, gardens, playing fields, woods, footpaths, the coastline and things to do in and around each town.
Residents: Statistics Canada 2021 Census dissemination areas (population, boundaries), each at a point inside it.
Walking routes and beaches © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Not on this page: trailheads and trail grades, and beach water quality. No open Canadian dataset gives these for every town yet.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).